Southampton have won the race to sign the highly rated full-back, beating off competition for his signature, paying a £5m fee, and he has put pen to paper to a five-year deal at St Mary’s.

 

Chelsea are keen to make sure they can take Livramento back to Stamford Bridge in the future and have inserted a buy-back clause into the deal.

 

 

It had been claimed that the buy-back clause was close to the £25m mark, however it has now emerged that it is closer to £40m.

 

If Livramento makes huge progress at Southampton and Chelsea opt to trigger the clause to bring him back, the Saints will pocket a mammoth fee.

 

 

The 18-year-old will now knuckle down and kick on with his development under Ralph Hasenhuttl on the south coast.

 

Tipped for a big future, Livramento made the Chelsea bench twice in the final stages of last term, against Arsenal and Manchester City, respectively.

 

 

Livramento features primarily as a right-back, but is also able to play on the left hand side of the backline.